Wallis
Wallis was the 11862nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1937, when it ranked 1279th with 33 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,442 places. More babies were named Wallis in the 1940s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,862 girls, down 3,479 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 193733 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,198babies recorded
Wallis popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,862 | — | 8 | — |
| 2020 | #8,383 | — | 13 | — |
| 2010 | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | #13,105 | — | 7 | — |
| 1990 | #8,478 | — | 10 | — |
| 1980 | #10,365 | — | 6 | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | #3,415 | #2,575 | 11 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,743 | #1,333 | 22 | 26 |
| 1930 | — | #1,958 | — | 16 |
| 1920 | — | #2,049 | — | 17 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Wallis, counting every spelling?
Wallis has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Wallis?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Wallis (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Wallis born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Wallis.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Wallis?
About 400 people born in the US named Wallis are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 11 and 75. That makes Wallis mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Wallis: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Wallis, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Wallis
How popular is the name Wallis?
Wallis was the 11862nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1937, when it ranked 1279th with 33 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,442 places. More babies were named Wallis in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Is Wallis a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Wallis in the US.